2009-10

Daily Summary & Assignments

IB Physics 2 (HL)

Period 4

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2nd Semester Dates:

Week 1: 1/24-1/28/11 Week 5: 2/28-3/4/11 Spring Break Week 14: 5/9-5/13/11
Week 2: 1/31-2/4/11 Week 6: 3/7-3/11/11 Week 10: 4/11-4/15/11 Week 15: 5/16-5/20/11
Week 3: 2/7-2/11/11 Week 7: 3/14-3/18/11 Week 11: 4/18-4/22/11 Week 16: 5/23-5/27/11
Week 4: 2/14-2/18/11 Week 8: 3/21-3/25/11 Week 12: 4/25-4/29/11 Week 17: 5/30-6/3/11
2nd Winter Break Week 9: 3/28-4/1/11 Week 13: 5/2-5/6/11 Week 18: 6/6-6/10/11
      Week 19: 6/13-6/17/11

Semester 2

Week 1

Monday 1/24/11 DC Motor construction
Tuesday 1/25/11 DC Motor construction-day 2
Wednesday 1/26/11 Finish motors, work on rough draft for a full design lab that must involve Solar Panels
Thursday 1/27/11 Data collection-day 1:  Solar panel design lab
Friday 1/28/11 Data collection-day 2: Solar panel design lab

 

Week 2

Monday 1/31/11 Data collection-day 3; work day on analysis
Tuesday 2/1/11  
Wednesday 2/2/11  
Thursday 2/3/11  
Friday 2/4/11  

 

Week 3

Monday 2/7/11 Greenhouse effect and global warming--notes, discussion, sample calculations
Tuesday 2/8/11
Wednesday 2/9/11
Thursday 2/10/11 review packet--work day
Friday 2/11/11 review for unit exam

 

Week 4

Monday 2/14/11  
Tuesday 2/15/11 Unit exam:  Energy, Power, Climate change
Wednesday 2/16/11 Begin Topic 13:  Quantum Physics--first topic...Photoelectric Effect
Thursday 2/17/11 Photoelectric effect; Planck's hypothesis; photon energy--notes and demonstrations
Friday 2/18/11 Computer simulation activity:  photoelectric effect

 

Week 5

Monday 2/28/11 Video:  Elegant Universe, pt. 1
Tuesday 3/1/11 Due:  photoelectric effect lab (2 graphs, data)
notes:  photoelectric effect, quantified
HW:  WA due Thursday AM
Wednesday 3/2/11 Review:  photoelectric effect (work function, stopping potential...)
Thursday 3/3/11 WA due AM
Practice problems involving photoelectric effect
HW:  syll. statements for 13.1 due Monday
Friday 3/4/11 Video:  Mechanical Universe--particles and waves

 

Week 6

Monday 3/7/11 Notes:  De Broglie's hypothesis; electron diffraction
Tuesday 3/8/11  
Wednesday 3/9/11 Quiz:  photoelectric effect
Thursday 3/10/11 Elegant Universe, pt. 2
Friday 3/11/11 Elegant Universe, pt. 3

 

Week 7

Monday 3/14/11  
Tuesday 3/15/11  
Wednesday 3/16/11  
Thursday 3/17/11  
Friday 3/18/11  

 

Week 8

Monday 3/21/11  
Tuesday 3/22/11  
Wednesday 3/23/11  
Thursday 3/24/11 practice problems/review:  first half of the quantum mechanics unit
Friday 3/25/11 Web-based research--radioactive decay.  Work on worksheet and syll. statements. Due Monday.

 

Week 9

Monday 3/28/11  
Tuesday 3/29/11  
Wednesday 3/30/11  
Thursday 3/31/11 Unit test:  Quantum and nuclear physics
Friday 4/1/11  

 

Week 10

Monday 4/11/11  
Tuesday 4/12/11  
Wednesday 4/13/11  
Thursday 4/14/11  
Friday 4/15/11  

 

Week 11

Monday 4/18/11  
Tuesday 4/19/11  
Wednesday 4/20/11  
Thursday 4/21/11  
Friday 4/22/11  

 

Week 12

Monday 4/25/11  
Tuesday 4/26/11  
Wednesday 4/27/11  
Thursday 4/28/11  
Friday 4/29/11  

 

Week 13

Monday 5/2/11  
Tuesday 5/3/11  
Wednesday 5/4/11  
Thursday 5/5/11  
Friday 5/6/11  

 

Week 14

Monday 5/9/11  
Tuesday 5/10/11  
Wednesday 5/11/11  
Thursday 5/12/11  
Friday 5/13/11  

 

Week 15

Monday 5/16/11  
Tuesday 5/17/11  
Wednesday 5/18/11  
Thursday 5/19/11  
Friday 5/20/11  

 

Week 16

Monday 5/23/11  
Tuesday 5/24/11  
Wednesday 5/25/11  
Thursday 5/26/11  
Friday 5/27/11  

 

Week 17

Monday 5/30/11  
Tuesday 5/31/11  
Wednesday 6/1/11  
Thursday 6/2/11  
Friday 6/3/11  

 

Week 18

Monday 6/6/11  
Tuesday 6/7/11  
Wednesday 6/8/11  
Thursday 6/9/11  
Friday 6/10/11  

 

Week 19

Monday 6/13/11  
Tuesday 6/14/11  
Wednesday 6/15/11  
Thursday 6/16/11  
  6/17/11  

 

2nd Semester Dates:

1st Semester Dates:       

Aug. 31 - Sept. 3 Oct. 4 - 8 Nov. 8 - Nov. 12 Dec. 13 - Dec. 17
Sept. 6 - 10 Oct. 11 - Oct. 15 Nov. 15 - Nov. 19 Jan. 3 - 7
Sept. 13 - 17 Oct. 18 - Oct. 22 Nov. 22 - Nov. 26 Jan. 10 - 14
Sept. 20 - 24 Oct. 25 - Oct. 29 Nov. 29 - Dec. 3 Jan. 17 - 21
Sept. 27 - Oct. 1 Nov. 1 - 5 Dec. 6 - Dec. 10 Jan. 24 - 28

1st Semester

Week 1

Monday   No school for students
Tuesday 8/31/10 -Welcome to HL!
-Info Sheet
-Course Expectations
HW:  Course Expectations check-up--an online assignment, found in your Student Access/Family Access account for this class
HW:  Signatures due by next Tuesday, including Photo Posting Permission--form found on HL main page!
Wednesday 9/1/10 Lab: Electrostatic Charging--Due Friday
Thursday 9/2/10 Finish Lab
Friday 9/3/10 Discuss Results
Begin Notes:  Electrostatics and Charging by Friction

 

Week 2

Monday   Labor Day--no school
Tuesday 9/7/10 Finish notes (intro to Electrostatics)
Demos---electrophorous, video demos
Wednesday 9/8/10 discussion:  electroscope, distribution of charge, demos, discussion of how humidity (and why) affects charged objects :)
Thursday 9/9/10 distribution of charge; Van de Graaf demonstrations (humidity permitting...)
Notes:  distribution of charge rules, Leyden jar,
Friday 9/10/10 More Van de Graaf demonstrations; notes/discussion: Lightning

 

Week 3

Monday 9/13/10 Notes/Discussion:  Lightning; lightning rods
Notes/Practice:  Coulomb's Law

HW:  WebAssign HW1--due next Monday before 1st period.

Tuesday 9/14/10 Class discussion:  lightning and etc.
Wednesday 9/15/10 Quiz:  Electric Charging
 
Thursday 9/16/10 Computer sim. lab: Coulomb's law--due Monday
Friday 9/17/10 videos:  Mythbusters--Franklin's Kite and Lightning Strikes

 

Week 4

Monday 9/20/10 Discuss lab results; Coulomb's law practice (warm-up); Electric Field strength
Tuesday 9/21/10 practice problems: Coulomb's law; electric field
Wednesday 9/22/10 Practice problems:  coulomb's law; electric field
fun computer simulation:  Electric Field Hockey
Syll statements 6.2.1-6.2.8 due tomorrow
Thursday 9/23/10 Practice problems:  electric field
Begin notes:  Electric Potential
Friday 9/24/10 Electric Potential--notes/discussion
Syll. statements 9.3.1-9.3.7 due Wednesday

 

Week 5

Monday 9/27/10 Finish discussion of Potential; work time on Syll. statements and WebAssign--both due Wednesday
Tuesday 9/28/10  
Wednesday 9/29/10 Stamp syll. statements; quiz on electric potential
Thursday 9/30/10  
Friday 10/1/10 begin lab:  intro to electrical circuits

 

Week 6

Monday 10/4/10 finish lab:  intro to electrical circuits
Tuesday 10/5/10 discuss lab results; notes on electrical conduction
Wednesday 10/6/10 continue discussion of electrical conduction
Thursday 10/7/10 notes:  resistance, resistivity, and Ohm's Law
Friday 10/8/10 work on lab design:  determine how some variable of Play-Doh will affect its electrical resistance

 

Week 7

Monday 10/11/10 pre-lab:  use of a multimeter
lab:  Play-Doh resistance (data collection)
Tuesday 10/12/10 finish data collection; pre-lab for resistance and Ohm's law labs; work on Play-Doh DCP--full lab report (D, DCP, CE) due on Monday of next week.
Wednesday 10/13/10 no class--PSAT schedule
Thursday 10/14/10 Lab:  Resistance and Resistors--due tomorrow
Friday 10/15/10 finish resistance lab; begin Ohm's law lab (time permitting)

 

Week 8

Monday 10/18/10 Lab:  Ohm's law
Tuesday 10/19/10  
Wednesday 10/20/10  
Thursday 10/21/10  
Friday 10/22/10  

 

Week 9

Monday 10/25/10 Kirchoff's laws--notes and practice problems
Tuesday 10/26/10 Kirchoff's laws--notes and practice problems
HW:  WA assignment due next Monday
Wednesday 10/27/10 compound circuits practice problems
Thursday 10/28/10 Internal resistance; practice problems with compound circuits
Friday 10/29/10 Quiz:  electric circuits--resistance, voltage, and current--Remember, WA due Monday

 

Week 10

Monday 11/1/10 notes/discussion/demos:  magnetism and magnetic properties; magnetic fields and that of the Earth
Tuesday 11/2/10 notes/discussion/demos:  Right-hand rule #1;
HW:  Syll. Statements 6.3.1-6.3.6 due next Monday
Wednesday 11/3/10 notes/discussion/demos
Thursday 11/4/10 notes/discussion/demos--Right-hand rule #2; forces on currents
Friday 11/5/10 video:  magnetic storm

 

Week 11

Monday 11/8/10 Syll. Statements 6.3 due today...
Lab:  Magnetic fields from current-carrying coils of wire
Tuesday 11/9/10 Discuss lab observations; final lab answers (non-IB style...just get all the questions answered thoroughly) due on Friday
Notes/discussion/demos:  Forces on charged particles in a magnetic field
Wednesday 11/10/10 (Adjusted schedule:  Veterans' Day remembrance schedule--periods 4, 5, and 6 only)

Online simulations and practice problems:  charges and currents in magnetic fields
Thursday 11/11/10 No School--Veterans' Day
Friday 11/12/10 Quiz:  Magnetic Fields

 

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Week 17

Monday 1/3/11 Electricity and Magnetism re-test
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